Natural Disasters

Cyclone kills 19, most under landslide, on Indonesian island of Java

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A tropical cyclone killed 19 people on the Indonesian island of Java, officials said on Wednesday, with most of the victims caught under a landslide.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Landslides, Indonesia
Forests

How the palm industry is still cooking the climate

The palm oil industry is still a leading cause of deforestation in Indonesia. Three years after the world’s biggest palm oil traders adopted ‘no deforestation’ policies, Greenpeace International examined 11 traders to see how much progress they had made.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2017
Greenpeace
Tags:
Palm Oil, Deforestation, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Forest Fires, Indonesia, Tropical Forests, Land Use, Peat
Natural Disasters

Tornado in Indonesia injures 35, damages hundreds of homes

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A tornado ripped through a densely populated area in Indonesia’s East Java province on Thursday, injuring 35 people and damaging more than 600 homes, the head of the local disas

Publication Date: 
23/11/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Typhoons, Storms, Indonesia
Health

Improved diagnostics fail to halt the rise of tuberculosis

TB remains a big killer despite the development of a better test for detecting the disease.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
23/11/2017
Ewen Callaway
Nature
551
424-425
Tags:
Tuberculosis, Diagnostic Methods, Health Care, Statistics, AIDS, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines
Air Pollution

Indoor human exposure to size-fractionated aerosols during the 2015 Southeast Asian smoke haze and assessment of exposure mitigation strategies

The 2015 smoke haze episode was one of the most severe and prolonged transboundary air pollution events ever seen in Southeast Asia (SEA), affecting the air quality of several countries within the region including Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The 24 h mean outdoor PM2.5 (particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm) concentrations ranged from 72–157 μg m−3 in Singapore during this episode, exceeding the WHO 24 h mean PM2.5 guidelines (25 μg m−3) several times over.

Publication Date: 
09/11/2017
Ruchi Sharma, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian
Environmental Research Letters
1-12
Tags:
Air Pollution, Indoor Air Pollution, Health Effects, Aerosols, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, PM 2.5, Respiratory Diseases, Forest Fires, Biomass Burning
Environment

The marine advantage: empowering coastal communities, safeguarding marine ecosystems

Coastal communities and marine ecosystems can benefit from climate-smart agriculture practices, according to the findings of a new report from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Publication Date: 
09/11/2017
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries, Comoros, Djibouti, Indonesia, Dominican Rep, Sao Tome, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Agriculture, Climate Change, Aquaculture
Animal Care

Indonesia governor cracks down on bloody dog-boar fights

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Authorities in Indonesia’s West Java province have called a halt to contests pitting dogs against wild boars, following media coverage of the bloody spectacle and pressure by an

Publication Date: 
08/11/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Animal Care, Animal Cruelty, Indonesia, NGOs
Forests

Can blockchain save Indonesia’s forests?

Blockchain technology will be used for the first time this December in an attempt to protect Indonesia’s rainforests and prevent the peatland haze fires that blight the region on a regular basis.

Publication Date: 
07/11/2017
Eco Business
Tags:
Forests, Indonesia, Forest Conservation, Forest Fires, COP 23 (Bonn), Remote Sensing, Forest Management
Wildlife

Indonesia races against time to save new orangutan species

With an estimated population of less than 800, the newly described Tapanuli orangutan is already at risk of extinction due to habitat destruction and fragmentation.

Publication Date: 
07/11/2017
Mongabay
Tags:
Wildlife, Endangered Species, Habitat, Forests, Indonesia, Wildlife Management
Environment

Indonesian NGOs lawyer up against environmental crimes

MEDAN, Indonesia — Several NGOs in Indonesia’s North Sumatra Island province have established a joint team of legal experts to focus on addressing environmental crimes in the region.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2017
Mongabay
Tags:
Environment, Environment Crime, Indonesia, NGOs, Land, Conflicts, Hydroelectricity

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